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...stand on the stretchers and the boat buried badly at the end of every stroke. In view of this discouraging work, Coach Higginson encouraged the men and called for a spurt. The crew responded by raising the stroke to 32 for about 25 strokes, but as the boats passed Longwood bridge, it was seen that the second crew had more than held their lead of four seconds, besides the fifteen seconds handicap...
...first crew gave the second about five lengths start which they reduced by a length in the first quarter of a mile, rowing a slightly higher stroke. At the Longwood bridge the first had gained over a length more and hardly two lengths of open water separated the boats. From there to Harvard bridge, both crews raised the stroke slightly and took occasional spurts, but the first was unable to gain. If there was any difference in the relative positions of the boats at the bridge it was in favor of the second crew...
...eights rowed back nearly to the Longwood bridge in quarter mile stretches under the coaching of Dr. Hutchinson and Mr. Storrow. The two strokes then changed places and the crews were started down stream again. In the second brush, Bullard's crew showed marked improvement and finished only a few feet behind Ayer's crew. The men then boarded the launch and the shells were towed back to the boat house...
...first race, between the second and third crews of each club was rowed down stream from the Longwood Bridge at 6 o'clock. The positions, from the Beacon street wall, were as follows: Third Newell, Second Weld, Third Weld, Second Newell. At the start the Second Weld got the lead and kept it to the end. The Second Newell coxswain steered far over to the Cambridge shore, thereby losing much distance, and the coxswains of the two third crews also steered erratically. The second Weld won easily by a length and a half, followed by the Third Weld...
...races between the first three graded crews at the Weld and Newell will be rowed this afternoon over the regular course down-stream from the Longwood bridge to the Union Boat House, beginning at 5.30 o'clock. There will be two separate heats, the first one, between the second and third crews, at 5.30; the two first crews will follow at 5.50. The positions of the crews in the first race, counting from the Beacon street wall, will be: Third Newell, Second Weld, Third Weld, Second Newell. In the second race, the Weld crew will have the course nearest...